A concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
SCONRES 19 is a non-binding concurrent resolution introduced in the U.S. Senate on July 27, 2023, by Senators Booker, Coons, and others. It urges the President to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to address historical racial inequities. The resolution identifies over 400 years of systemic oppression against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, including discriminatory policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act and residential segregation. The proposed commission would aim to "jettison the belief in a hierarchy of human value," "embrace our common humanity," and eliminate persistent racial inequities. As a resolution, it does not create the commission itself but formally calls on the executive branch to take action.
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Introduction
Jul 2023
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Introduced Jul 27, 2023
Last action Jul 27, 2023
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Jul 27, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3772-3773)
upper
Jul 27, 2023
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
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Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
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Robert Menendez
DDemocratic
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Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
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Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
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